We attended a bee conference in Charleston, SC, last month. While there, we stayed at James Island County Park in the camper, and it was lovely. It was so hot, but most of our time was spent at the convention anyway; we did enjoy a very nice meal at Florence’s Read more
Until recently, I’d never heard of 3D fencing. 3D fencing is made of two fences instead of one. The inside is a taller fence with two lines, and the outside is a shorter single-line fence. Both contain hot wire. Parts List Parts for Gate Images from Unsplash.com
On George’s birthday in January, I purchased a beehive kit from Amazon for him. He’d been talking about it forever. Since then, he has joined a bee club and has taken classes on how to be a beekeeper. We purchased two NUCs (Nucleus Colony Units) that arrived a few days ago. They Read more
Hello everyone, Cyndi here. I preordered a book last year, The Women by Kristin Hannah, and read it when it came out in February this year. This was not the first of her books I’d read but I learned so much more this time. This particular book was about a Read more
I wanted to share what George saw the other morning. The images are a little grainy, but these woodpeckers were on our water oak, and I had to show them off. If they were a little higher, my tree face would have ears! We have a family of Red-Bellied Woodpeckers Read more
Sometimes we wonder why egg production is low in the wintertime. Often chalking it up to just being cold which is a fair assumption. But what if it’s not? We did a little research and learned there are a few reasons this could be happening and some of them can Read more
We have done a couple of videos on hydroponics but didn’t have many folks interested in the topic, however, George set up some jars for lettuce and basil this year. The lettuce was mainly for the guinea pigs and the basil was for me…I like to dehydrate it for recipes Read more
Hello everyone! Here is an updated discount code from GrubTerra! This will give you 10% off the entire website. Just copy and click below! TBF10 Just so you know, they not only sell grubs for your flocks, but they also sell dog treats and reptile food too! Black soldier fly Read more
So much garlic! Back in the fall of 2022, we planted a good-sized bed of both hardneck and softneck garlic and they both did well; the softneck was huge! It takes around nine months to grow so we dug them up sometime around July 2023. Softneck garlic is so tightly Read more
